PeZzy

What the hell is the -novblank command line?!!Tell me fast pls i wanne try this 2!

Grts

Create a shortcut to the launcher...in my case it's LaunchGTAIV.exe...then go into the properties and add -novblank after the quotes in the target section. One way to test this is to put -benchmark and the game should go directly to the benchmark test. Instead of seeing 10 characters during loading I am now seeing only 2 or 3.

Guardian334

I just received email from R* support suggesting -novblank. Tried that, doesn't change a thing; still stuck at loading screen while in game. Typed up a response back off to R* support, hopefully they can get back in less than 5 days this time.

Getting very frustrated now. Started playing on the 3rd, now it's the 15th; still can't load anything except via the initial autosave load. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

ChungaSarnies

Make a file called commandline.txt and add -novblank. Place it into theinstall directory.Then run the game as normal.

Coooo!

This was a little bit more successful - the game looked like it was doing some serious loading; the music continued for longer than normal... it still didn't fix it. I left it to load for almost 10 minutes with no success.

TraceurZeno

Make a file called commandline.txt and add -novblank. Place it into theinstall directory.Then run the game as normal.

Coooo!

This was a little bit more successful - the game looked like it was doing some serious loading; the music continued for longer than normal... it still didn't fix it. I left it to load for almost 10 minutes with no success.

I'm still waiting for a response from R*.

Same here, the music lasted a bit longer and the HD light showed a bit more activity, but the music finally went off and characters still showed in a never ending loop.

Make a file called commandline.txt and add -novblank. Place it into theinstall directory.Then run the game as normal.

Coooo!

This was a little bit more successful - the game looked like it was doing some serious loading; the music continued for longer than normal... it still didn't fix it. I left it to load for almost 10 minutes with no success.

I'm still waiting for a response from R*.

Same here, the music lasted a bit longer and the HD light showed a bit more activity, but the music finally went off and characters still showed in a never ending loop.

Make a file called commandline.txt and add -novblank. Place it into theinstall directory.Then run the game as normal.

Coooo!

This was a little bit more successful - the game looked like it was doing some serious loading; the music continued for longer than normal... it still didn't fix it. I left it to load for almost 10 minutes with no success.

I'm still waiting for a response from R*.

Same here, the music lasted a bit longer and the HD light showed a bit more activity, but the music finally went off and characters still showed in a never ending loop.

Well, at least we're getting somewhere Zeno..

I'm gonna play around with this .txt file method; see what I can find

I hope so ChungaSarnies... Good luck!

I was one of those users who had problems installing the game too, with error messages saying missing or corrupted files from both my Games DVDs.

more than two weeks later... And I still have not had the chance to play GTA 4

ChungaSarnies

For me, this was an installation issue due to me extracting the files incorrectly or something. This probably won't apply to those of you with a DVD copy, but here's how I fixed the D2D download version:

1. Download the file to My Documents (or anywhere else; NOT the desktop!)2. Unzip the file using the download manager, NOT Windows' extractor3. Unzip to a different file to the download location4. Install - it took hours this time5. Start game and patch straight away

macihun

[Before I tell you how to fix the bug, I'd like to explain what was the error with my game.]The Error:I've got the game on Christmas and played with it without any errors. Then when i tried to leave the game[by pressing Esc, then Game, then Quite] it was frozen off always. I didn't care to much because I can exitby using Alt-Ctrl-Del too, but later, when I tried to Load another Save Game from the Mobile In-game, it wasfrozen too, just like the Multiplayer. I found nothing what would have worked on the internet then I had an idea,how could I fix it, and now the game is running 100% without bugs The Fix:Download this .Rar file and extract it inside the Grand Theft Auto IV folder!http://rapidshare.de/files/41256028/Rockstar_Games_GTA_4.rar.htmlI used AVG antivirus, and it wanted to delete the files but dont worry it's not dangerous.

It worked for me. Yes it is a crack, but I've deleted some files from the .Rar because they were not needed for the problem solution.